<p>Cognitive enhancement is the use of drugs, biotechnological strategies or other means by healthy individuals aiming at the improvement of cognitive functions such as vigilance, concentration or memory without any medical need. In particular, the use of pharmacological substances (caffeine, prescr
Cognitive enhancement an interdisciplinary perspective
β Scribed by Franke, Andreas G.;Hildt, Elisabeth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 316
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
- Cognitive Enhancement - a Critical Look at the Recent Debate
Elisabeth Hildt Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement2. Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Substances and Epidemiology
Andreas G. Franke and Klaus Lieb3. Psychopharmacological Neuroenhancement: Evidence on Safety and Efficacy
Dimitris Repantis4. A Bubble of Enthusiasm: How Prevalent is the Use of Prescription Stimulants for Cognitive Enhancement?
Brad Partridge5. Modeling the Effects of Modafinil on Selective Attention Electroencephalographic Neural Correlates
Carlos Trenado and Daniel J. Strauss6. Behavioral Neuroenhancement
Martin Dresler7. The Influence of Sports on Cognitive Task Performance - a Critical Overview
Pavel Dietz8. The Human Experiment: How We Won't Win the Rat Race. What Can We Learn from Brain Stimulation in Humans and Rats About Enhancing the Functional Neurobiology of Higher Cognitive Functions?
Colleen DockeryPhilosophical and Ethical Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement9. Better Brains or Bitter Brains? The Ethics of Neuroenhancement
Kirsten Brukamp10. Cognitive Enhancement - to what End?
Michael Hauskeller11. Nano-Bionic Devices for the Purpose of Cognitive Enhancement: Toward a Preliminary Ethical Framework
Frederic Gilbert12. Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs, Behavioral Training and the Mechanism of Cognitive Enhancement
Emma Peng Chien13. What Is Cognitive Enhancement? And Is It Justified to Point Out This Kind of Enhancement Within the Ethical Discussion?
Roland Kipke14. No Pain, No Gain? Objections to the Use of Cognitive Enhancement on the Basis of Its Potential Effects on the Value of Achievement
Lisa Forsberg15. Does the Cognitive Enhancement Debate Call for a Renewal of the Deliberative Role of Bioethics?
Cynthia Forlini and Eric RacineSociological, Political and Legal Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement 16. The Biopolitics of Cognitive Enhancement
Peter B. Reiner17. Are We Heading Towards an 'Enhancement Society'?
Armin Grunwald 18. Leveling the Playing Field: Fairness in the Cognitive Enhancement Debate
Greta Wagner19. My Mind is Mine!? Cognitive Liberty as a Legal Concept
Jan-Christoph Bublitz20. Cognitive Enhancement and Criminal Behavior
Elizabeth Shaw21. Enhanced Control and Criminal Responsibility
John Danaher
β¦ Subjects
Leistungssteigerung;Neuropharmakologie
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